May Kasahara
take me to the feeling
No smoking in the house.
Pretend you can't see the dirt.
Be excellent to each other.
Pretend you can't see the dirt.
Be excellent to each other.
Your house rules
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Brixton Hatter
Home is south London mate
No smoking cigarettes. No tories.
mentalchik
"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit."
blimey you lot have a lot of rules...............
Me76
Not very good lurker
I don't really have guests round but when it does happen I think the only rule is don't stress me out. This comes under the don't be a dick rule mentioned previously but also, make yourself comfortable and either help yourself or ask if you want something. This counts for adults and children alike.
In normal life we don't smoke in the bedroom. So I suppose that's a rule. But just me and him in there anyway.
In normal life we don't smoke in the bedroom. So I suppose that's a rule. But just me and him in there anyway.
maya
timewasting fool (in every universe)
Hm, let's see...
No shoes in the house. (I don't care how clean you think your shoes are- "outdoors" means outdoors, not my living room. Sorry if i stepped on anyone's toes. But those are the rules.)
Please don't smoke or ask me if you can smoke- If I told you "please don't smoke here, I know I used to smoke myself ages ago, but haven't for years and anyway now I have a lung condition and besides I really really hate the smell and don't want that smell in here", it's pretty likely that i'll be pissed off if you still insist you'd like to smoke...
Please don't touch my records, if you don't know how to handle them or don't respect that other people generally don't like it very much if you melt my vinyl with a lamp, break the jewel case on cd's, think a vinyl LP is a frisbee record which is okay to touch with sticky/greasy hands, that it's okay to crumple and crease the cover/lyrics sheet with donkey ears or smear liver paste on it so that it looks like you've just wiped your arse on it when you hand it back, that it's okay for you to take my CD and throw it into a box from the other end of the room like a basketball, just please stay away from my stuff if you've got no empathy or respect for other people's belongings in general.
Oh, and please don't steal- I WILL notice it if stuff suddenly goes missing after you've gone
Hmm, reading this I realise this makes me sound a bit like a dick-
, but you've no idea of the levels of bizarre/insensitive behaviour i occasionally have had to endure from aquaintances i didn't know very well... in many cases i ended up regretting i ever let them in at all... 
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No shoes in the house. (I don't care how clean you think your shoes are- "outdoors" means outdoors, not my living room. Sorry if i stepped on anyone's toes. But those are the rules.)
Please don't smoke or ask me if you can smoke- If I told you "please don't smoke here, I know I used to smoke myself ages ago, but haven't for years and anyway now I have a lung condition and besides I really really hate the smell and don't want that smell in here", it's pretty likely that i'll be pissed off if you still insist you'd like to smoke...
Please don't touch my records, if you don't know how to handle them or don't respect that other people generally don't like it very much if you melt my vinyl with a lamp, break the jewel case on cd's, think a vinyl LP is a frisbee record which is okay to touch with sticky/greasy hands, that it's okay to crumple and crease the cover/lyrics sheet with donkey ears or smear liver paste on it so that it looks like you've just wiped your arse on it when you hand it back, that it's okay for you to take my CD and throw it into a box from the other end of the room like a basketball, just please stay away from my stuff if you've got no empathy or respect for other people's belongings in general.
Oh, and please don't steal- I WILL notice it if stuff suddenly goes missing after you've gone
Hmm, reading this I realise this makes me sound a bit like a dick-
, but you've no idea of the levels of bizarre/insensitive behaviour i occasionally have had to endure from aquaintances i didn't know very well... in many cases i ended up regretting i ever let them in at all... )
maya
timewasting fool (in every universe)
It's really rude, isn't it- I mean, you kindly ASKED them not to... But they ignored you.
sim667
All aboard the 303 bus.
It's really rude, isn't it. I mean, you kindly ASKED them not to... But they ignored you.
they say my house is too cold not to wear shoes. They've totally fucked my carpet now anyway so I gave up.
Leaving rubbish around is something that really pisses me off too, I feel a bit like a fucking litter picker sometimes.
Walking round with shoes on indoors is weird. And uncomfortable. Unless you're in a house that has one of those sticky "fly paper" type floors that serves as both a makeshift cigarette ash repository and slops tray. And/or there are people in there who will steal your shoes if you take them off.
dont rob from me.
spanglechick
High Empress of Dressing Up
i always want to take my shoes off indoors, but it can feel a little harsh being asked o do so as soon as you've stepped across the threshold. especially if you're not stopping long. but keeping shoes on indoors is for people who never put their feet up.
kittyP
Pluviophile
I keep thinking that I do not have house rules but then people come up with things that I think "yeah that's us".
Ignoring the dirt in our flat is definitely a rul
kittyP
Pluviophile
I remember as a kid being made to feel really uncomfortable in peoples houses that made me instantly take my shoes off.
It put me on the back foot so to speak.
I don't want to create that atmosphere in my house but I do also understand why other people do want shoes off.
seeformiles
Lost in the wood
When I was a teen I used to hate going round to my mate's house since his Ma was proper neurotic with the housework. We not only had to remove our shoes but also had to inch our way around the edge of the carpet since she'd spent the whole bloody afternoon straightening the pile. We were terrified to sit down in case we crumpled the impeccably plumped cushions, etc.. After a while I just refused to come in and just waited outside until he was ready.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
oh don't get me wrong, I'm a big fan of cannabis and like to have it as a treat when I've got spare money that would otherwise go on sweets or crap newspapers. I cannot abide the whole gaff reeking of it though, its worse than the place stinking of joss sticks and hippy.
I take myself outside to have a quiet spliff.
May Kasahara
take me to the feeling
My stepmum went through a phase like this after she moved into ours. If you made a cup of tea, she would be there wiping underneath it and glowering at you the very second you lifted the cup to your lips. She spent hours martyring herself to the housework and then complaining that we never helped. Made me feel really welcome in my own home, that did.
seeformiles
Lost in the wood
Geri
wasn't born to follow
Someone already made that joke.
tendril
Coming up blastin' like Yosemite Sam
No smoking in the house. Not my rule, my landlord's, but actually even though I've started smoking again I'm still quite happy to go outside for one and guests have to as well.
Aside from that I don't think I've got any rules except 'don't be a dick.' I'm compulsively tidy, but I'm not about to start yelling at guests for not putting everything back exactly where I want it - I just tidy up when they're gone.
Aside from that I don't think I've got any rules except 'don't be a dick.' I'm compulsively tidy, but I'm not about to start yelling at guests for not putting everything back exactly where I want it - I just tidy up when they're gone.
